Australia Felix
A unique life story captured in watercolours
In sorrow and joy, good times and bad, Australia Felix is the fish-out-of-water story of one man’s attempt to live the Great Australian Dream in early colonial Melbourne.
In a series of quirky and hilarious autobiograhical illustrations, Edward Wilson chronicles his encounters with the various people and events that help him find his feet, living on the newest frontier down under.
Edward Wilson (1813-1878) was born in the United Kingdom. He emigrated to Australia in 1841, and rose to prominence as the Editor of The Argus newspaper, one of the most respected colonial daily newspapers in the world.
The birds attack his cereals
He takes the news by the aviary
He is mde president of the poultry society
He spends a day by the placid river
Hereabouts he generally treads upon a small snake,